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Christa Steele

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CEO, Public and 

Private Company Board Director


About

Highlights

  • Mother of two young adults, avid golfer, who loves traveling and spending time with family and good friends;
  • Strong success as both a CEO, Director, with a highly regarded public profile;
  • Two successful business exits commanding premiums to market as a CEO and as Partner and Board Director; 
  • Direct involvement in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technology integration initiatives; 
  • Business transformation with direct P&L oversight;
  • Deep knowledge of emerging technologies; 
  • Demonstrated ability to work across a broad range of industries.

Boardroom Expertise

  • Unusually wide range of experience across industries, governance structures, sizes/stages of development, problem/opportunity sets, and roles;
  • Industries served: Security technology and medical device technology monitoring, Financial services, insurance, wealth management, investment banking, neural technology, artificial intelligence, transportation, equipment leasing, waste collection, commercial investment real estate, food and agricultural;
  • Public, private, family-owned, and ESOP companies;
  • Companies of different sizes and stages of development - 8 board roles (including ASX and NYSE) from startup, scalable, to mature companies;
  • Different problem/opportunity sets (including but not limited to)- Led DOJ Investigation, Special Committee and M&A boardroom oversight and extensive experience with Restructuring, Divesting, Scaling, CEO and C-Suite Succession, Business Disintermediation, New Market Entrant Disruptors, and Digital Transformation;
  • Different roles - Chairman of Board and serving on all Board committees, including Chair of Audit and Compensation committees;
  • Qualified as financial expert and known Governance expert.

Corporate Leadership

  • Current CEO of BALCO Holdings Inc. owner of Bay Alarm, Bay Alarm Medical, BALCO Properties;
  • Bay Alarm is the largest privately held commercial (80%+ of revenue) and residential security technology monitoring company in the United States. Product Mix: Alarm, Fire, Access Control (key card, fob, biometrics, etc.), and Artificial Intelligence Video Surveillance. Services: Monitoring, Installing, and Equipment Servicing. Highly regulated. 1,200+ employees, 24/7 live monitoring, 16 branch locations across CA, AZ, and WA.; 
  • Bay Alarm Medical is America’s #1 rated medical technology device monitoring company in the United States for seniors. Product Mix: Smartwatch, pendant and help button devices. Plug and play installation. Services: 24/7 live operator and monitoring across the United States;  
  • BALCO Properties owns and manages commercial investment properties in the Western United States consisting of 2,000,000 square feet and over 350 diversified tenants;
  • President & CEO, Mechanics Bank, $500 million in market capitalization specialized in retail, commercial and wealth management products and services. As CEO, Steele led the improvement of core earnings 43% in a single calendar year, doubled the value in less than two years, and successfully led its sale for a premium in 2015;
  • Partner and board member of FIG Partners, a full-service boutique investment bank (capital markets, IPO's, M&A, Fixed Income and High Net Worth asset management) with ten locations throughout the U.S., until its sale in April 2019 to Janney Montgomery Scott;
  • Two decades (1995-2015) in senior level positions within the financial services industry where she led the execution of strategic initiatives, streamlined operations, implemented technology, led digital transformation, underwrote, structured, managed retail and commercial credit functions, grew new markets and oversaw M&A activity; 
  • Nationally recognized speaker, thought leader, guest lecturer - Blockchain, Big Data, and Corporate Governance. 

Education


  • MBA from University of Southern CA (USC);
  • BA from California State University Sacramento (CSUS);
  • Board qualified financial expert;
  • Stanford Law School, Stanford Directors' College;
  • NACD Board Leadership Fellow.

FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

Wall Street Journal

 

Corporate Boards Face Challenges in Overseeing AI 


"AI innovation requires the board to understand what to do to surveil risk inside the company." - Christa Steele

NACD GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Blockchain and Boardrooms

Blockchain is here to stay!

Trying to understand Blockchain?

The incumbent company dilemma is real.

Environmental, Social and Governance

From the Lens of Institutional Investors and Shareholder Activism.

LISTEN TO THE NACD PODCAST

Data aggregation, data access and data privacy...hot topics

"Data is being aggregated at a speed it has never been aggregated before," Steele says. "We need to start thinking, 'How do we need to use data?"

Steele Blog of Random Topics

Events

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Boardroom Governance Podcast with Evan Epstein




San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Virtual

Virtual

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This unique panel will talk about when ISS and Glass Lewis proxy reports are useful both in “peacetime” and in “contested” times.  



NACD Northern CA


San Francisco, CA

Virtual

Virtual

Virtual




What board members should know about the proposed changes to corporate and international taxation proposed in 2022. 



NACD Northern California


San Francisco, CA

Virtual

Building the internet

Virtual

 




Blockchain and Digital Currencies 






NACD


New York, NY



Building the internet

Building the internet

Building the internet

    

The future of the internet fueled by       blockchain technology





CES


Las Vegas Convention Center

Las Vegas, NV


Demystifying AI

Building the internet

Building the internet

 

Bridge the gap between the promise of Artificial Intelligence and utilization at your company.




NACD & Armanino LLP


Nasdaq Center

San Francisco, CA


Board of the Future

Wall Street Journal Pro's AI Executive Forum 2020

Board Oversight Under the Microscope


Challenges faced by corporate directors in the new digital age and the changing trends of boardroom dynamics.



Corporate Directors Forum


Omni Hotel

San Diego, CA


Board Oversight Under the Microscope

Wall Street Journal Pro's AI Executive Forum 2020

Board Oversight Under the Microscope


Board oversight shifts and what directors should be thinking about as board responsibilities expand


Financial Times


Agenda Education

Webcast

Wall Street Journal Pro's AI Executive Forum 2020

Wall Street Journal Pro's AI Executive Forum 2020

Wall Street Journal Pro's AI Executive Forum 2020


Developing the Right Artificial Intelligence Governance



Wall Street Journal


Conrad Hotel

New York, NY

Virtual

Virtual

Wall Street Journal Pro's AI Executive Forum 2020


The Future of Boardrooms



INSEAD & Odgers Berndtson

San Francisco, CA

Virtual

Virtual

Virtual

Guest Lecturer





UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Virtual

Virtual

Virtual

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Leveraging the use of data during COVID




Diligent

New York, NY

NACD Magazine April 2020 Edition

"For a long time, it's always been, 'Be a fast follower' for the smaller institutions....This is not a time to be a fast follower. You'll get left behind." - Christa Steele

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Private Company Director Magazine 2019 North America "Directors to Watch"

 

"There is no industry immune to disruption. Boardrooms and the C-suite  must assimilate to change and disrupt themselves before becoming  disrupted. This requires a pivot in mindset, away from just looking back  over the last 90 days, to looking ahead and around the corner. Only  then will you be able to establish the right KPIs and KRIs for your  boardroom." - Christa Steele

Media Published Interviews

" Not a Black Swan, A ‘Gray Rhino’ — Directors on the Covid-19 Crisis "

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AirBnB, Uber Follow in the Footsteps of Tech Giants in Pay

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Risks in Review - A wide disconnect among organizational stakeholders...

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Tone at the Top: Boards Look to Harness Blockchain Disruption.

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Why management and boards need to consider blockchain in overall digital strategy.

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Risk & Opportunity a Board Primer on Blockchain

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Four-part blockchain information series

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